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Fernando Meirelles

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Brazilian film director (born 1955)

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Fernando Ferreira Meirelles is a Brazilian filmmaker. S. by Miramax Films, which received international critical acclaim. For his work in the film, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director.

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Filmography 40

City of God2002 · ★ 8.4
The Two Popes2019 · ★ 7.5
The Constant Gardener2005 · ★ 7.0
Blindness2008 · ★ 6.5
Trash2014 · ★ 7.1
7 Prisoners2021 · ★ 7.1
3602012 · ★ 5.7
City of Men2007 · ★ 7.0
Waste Land2010 · ★ 7.6
Zoom2016 · ★ 5.9
VIPs2011 · ★ 6.4
Adrift2009 · ★ 5.9
Rio, I Love You2014
Xingu2012 · ★ 7.4
The Pope's Toilet2007
Socrates2018
José & Pilar2010
The Nutty Boy 21998
Critic2008
El Revenge2017
Maids2001
Not by Chance2007
Up Against Them All2004
The Great Green Wall2020
Brasil Animado2011
Urubus2021
Palace II2000
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World2016
The Water Law2014
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener2006
Punk em São Paulo: Garotos do Subúrbio1983
Ousmane2021
Sound & Fury: Film2010
Cosmos2015
VIVA - The opening Ceremony Documentary of Rio 20162017
Olhar Eletrônico1986
Cidade de Deus: Oficina dos Atores2003
E No Meio Passa Um Trem1998
Beast Race2026
Here Comes the Flood

102 credits on file

Television 17

Sugar2024
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015
The South Bank Show1978
The Sympathizer2024
City of God: The Fight Rages On2024
Brava Gente2000
City of Men2002
Rivers of Fate2025
Joint Venture2019
Children of the Church Steps2024
Sound & Fury2009
Rá-Tim-Bum1990
Happily Ever After?2015
A Comédia da Vida Privada1994
The Wise Ones2015
Xingu: A Saga dos Irmãos Villas-Boas2012
Antonia2006

Awards 3

2016Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)
2006Officer of the Order of Rio Branco
Brazilian Cinema Grand Prize for Best Director

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About this person

Fernando Ferreira Meirelles is a Brazilian filmmaker. He is best known for co-directing the film City of God, released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films, which received international critical acclaim. For his work in the film, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director in 2005 for The Constant Gardener, which garnered the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Rachel Weisz. He also directed the 2008 adaptation of José Saramago's novel Blindness, and the 2011 film 360. In 2019, Meirelles directed The Two Popes for Netflix.

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Country
Brazil
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
living
Dates
Born 1955 · age 71
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29 languages

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